Today , it was announce that July 2016 wasthe hottest monthon record , while   June 2016 was the hot June ever recorded . In fact , it markedthe 14th consecutive monthwhere temperatures were the hottest for   that calendar month on record . And while around97 percentage of climate scientistsbelieve human are the conduct cause of it , not everyone is convinced that human being - made climate change is literal , even if the grounds is thrown towards them . Literally .

Just last night , there was a tussle on the ABC show " Q&A"in Australia between the UK ’s Professor Brian Cox and Australian senator Malcolm Roberts , one of four senator elected from the Australian correct - wing populist party “ One Nation ” .

Roberts began by arguing that the “ warming cycle at the 17th century , run into the 18th century , was fast and greater than the concluding heating cycle ” that   finish up in 1995 . He said   he believed there had been a “ pause ” in ascend temperature for the past 21 years .

The Senator then criticise Cox for favoring consensus over empirical evidence , to which Cox answer : “ Can I just say , I brought the graphical record . ” He then proceeded to pull out theGlobal Land - Ocean Temperature Index , a graphical record of global surface temperature over the past century . Cox added : “ Also , secondly , I ’ve bring another graphical record . It is correlate with that , which is the graph that shows the CO2 emissions parts per million in the atmosphere . ”

But Roberts was n’t happy with that empiric evidence .

" The information has been deprave , and we get it on the thirties were warmer than today , " Roberts say .

" What do you think by corrupted ? " Cox ask .

" It ’s been manipulated , " Roberts say .

" By who ? "

" By NASA , " Roberts said .

By this head , the boniface told the audience to quiet down because the laughs were repress the debate .

After more talk   with the balance of the control panel , Roberts continued:“All insurance should be based on empiric grounds . I ’ve heard consensus , which is not science . I ’ve heard appeals to self-confidence , which is not scientific discipline . "

Cox decide to give the deciding reversal by tell “ you ’ve seen a   graph ” , and gently thrust the empiric evidence towards Roberts .